पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · April 16, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.7 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga🪷 Mamaivāṁśo Jīva-Bhūtaḥ · The Jīva is My Fragment
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति।।15.7।।
"15.7 It is only a very small part of My Eternal Self, which is the life of the universe, drawing round itself the six senses, the mind the last, which have their source in Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya1.65°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra134.92°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala46.06°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha334.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati240.16°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra330.03°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani266.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:38 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:18 – 16:54
Yamaganda08:54 – 10:30
Gulika Kāla12:06 – 13:42
Varjyam06:14 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:42 – 07:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:18 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:54 – 10:30 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:30 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:06 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:42 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:18 – 16:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:54 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:30 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:54 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:18 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:42 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:06 – 01:30 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:30 – 02:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:54 – 04:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:18 – 05:42 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.8467°
Longitude: 80.9462°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870124.27
Julian Day2458589.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1224°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)135.62°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.1224°), declination 9.96°, EoT 0.02 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2019-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)